ME/CFS after a suspected flu, sore throat and crashes, no improvement
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill for
- 14 months
- Last post
- Jun 2026
In their words
- Condition: ME/CFS
Been sick since April, here's what happened (I don't feel fatigue)
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
I can walk for a long time but if I don't slow down on hills, it will accumulate
In context ↗ - Now: No benefit
We are still recovering
In context ↗ - Began after: another virus
I think I had some sort of flu or something and I wasn't careful with the recovery
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Summary
The user became ill in April 2025 after what they thought was a flu and were not careful with recovery. Since then they have had a constant sore throat, felt worse after cold exposure and physical effort, and had back pain and foggy thinking. Twice they felt healthy, went back to training, and fell back into illness. At their last post in June 2026 they said they were still recovering.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- training / exercise · Much worse
so each time I thought I was healthy and trained, I did a lot of damage
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Their path
How ill they were on the ME/CFS severity scale, estimated from what they describe at each point, with time counted from when the illness began. Hover or tap a point. 1 step has no time and sits in story order between the steps around it. 1 step says too little to place on the scale and is only in the table. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Got sick after a flu-like illnessI think I had some sort of flu or something and I wasn't careful with the recoveryIn context ↗ | Mild |
| — | Felt healthy and went back to trainingI felt healthy like 2 times and tried to trainIn context ↗ | Not stated |
| — | Fell back into illness after trainingI fell back into this pattern I have now ... each time I thought I was healthy and trained, I did a lot of damageIn context ↗ | Mild |
| 2026-06-22 | Still unwell and recoveringWe are still recoveringIn context ↗ | Mild |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Flu-like symptoms
I have constant slight throat irritation, where I don't cough a lot at all, but throat is always slightly sore
In context ↗ - Post-exertional malaise
my body feels tense or malaise-y and it takes at least a day to go away
In context ↗ - Temperature regulation
Too strong a cold exposure anywhere on my body makes my throat feel worse
In context ↗ - Pain & fibromyalgia
I think I have back pain that comes and goes because of this stupid syndrome
In context ↗ - Brain fog
being way more vulnerable to foggy thinking
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